Welcome to Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an internationally oriented university in Brussels, the heart of Europe. Through tailor-made high quality research and education, VUB wants to contribute in an active and committed way to a better society for tomorrow.

We have 54 English-taught programmes, including two bachelor’s programmes, and master’s programmes in humanities, engineering and exact sciences, life sciences and biology and PhDs in more than 30 disciplines.

Research at VUB is free, because our researchers are free in their right to make their own independent choices. Our centres of expertise are multidisciplinary pools of excellence with internationalisation and networking at their core.